Money Life with Chuck Jaffe

Avi Gilburt, founder of Elliott Wave Trader, says that nervous investors should turn off the news, look at technicals and Elliott Wave analysis and join him in thinking the market's next move will be to 4,600 on the Standard and Poor's 500, a gain of more than 20 percent from current levels. But Gilburt goes further to say that he thinks the market will get to 6,000 before the current cycle ends,...

Michael Mullaney, director of global markets research at Boston Partners, says that while investors have good reasons to be nervous, the market and economy are set up for a good year and reasonable returns, provided there isn't some glitch in the end game of the pandemic. While he acknowledges issues like potential inflation, the disconnect between the market and the economy and more, Mullaney say...

Veteran technical analyst Gene Peroni of Peroni Portfolio Advisors is very bullish on the market, expecting it to move substantially higher -- ultimately eclipsing Dow 40,000 before the current market cycle ends -- driven by broad-based market leadership. Also on the show, Larry Antonatos of Brookfield Asset Management discusses real assets and infrastructure investments and the benefits of making...

Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, says market and economic conditions exiting the pandemic favor equity markets that are driven more by cyclical stocks -- which describes Europe, Japan and emerging markets -- which is why he thinks 2021 'may be the year for non-US equities to outperform domestic ...' Further, those same conditions have him favoring value stocks...

Bob Doll, chief equity strategist for Nuveen Asset Management, has been making annual predictions about the market and economy for some three decades, and today he releases his forecasts for the year ahead while reviewing his results from 2020, the first year in which he ever had to adjust his prognostications midstream. In 2021, Doll expects to see real GDP growth increasing at its fastest pace i...

Charlie Bobrinskoy of Ariel Investments says in the Market Call that value's recent run is likely to continue, but he notes that value-oriented investors need to be particularly careful right now, with the market near record highs and valuations a bit pricey. He also expects that investors will start seeing inflation sooner rather than later, and suggests preparing for it now. In the Big Interview...

Chuck starts 2021 by diving into the dead pool of mutual funds that perished last year, talking about their foibles, follies and the lasting lessons to be learned from a rogue's gallery of failed funds. Also on the show, Joel Fleishman, author of "Putting Wealth to Work" talks about 'philantho-capitalism' and how wealthy donors are changing the world, and Peter Tuz of Chase Investment Counsel talk...

Michael Falk of Focus Consulting Group -- who has joined Chuck every three months in 2020 to discuss the market, investing and his personal battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease -- talks about how his unique circumstances have him viewing Covid as a blessing, bonds as broken and not worth buying for the foreseeable future, and about his hopes for the future. Also on the show, John Cole Scott of the Act...

Ben Carlson, author of 'Everything You Need To Know About Saving For Retirement,' joins Chuck to discuss exactly what people need to know and do to at least get comfortable with building their own retirement, and talks about how the daunting process of building a retirement nest egg is easier and simpler than most people make it. Also on the show, Noland Langford of Left brain Investment Research...

JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade, says it would be healthy for the market to have a sell-off of up to 10 percent in the first quarter of 2021 before moving up from there. That said, he said the pace of stock market gains that have been evident through the holiday season will be hard to maintain in the year ahead. Also on the show, Brian Hamilton, chief executive officer at One,...

Dan Fuss, who has run Loomis Sayles Bond Fund for three decades -- but who is spry enough to have been named by Morningstar as its 'Outstanding Portfolio Manager' in 2019 -- says that all of the economic stimulus will affect the current economy the same way that past financial booster shots have, by creating inflation, which he says is already visible in a few areas but which he expects to become...

In a wide-ranging show, one back note rings out in today's interview, namely the importance of diversification. Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com looks at a fund that buys into countries showing strong momentum -- and that gained more than 10 percent last week alone -- as his ETF of the Week, noting that it can diversify portfolios that don't have enough international exposure. Gene Tannuzzo of Columbia...

Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, says we are 'in the early part of a new cycle' that is going to include a pretty good bounce in economic growth next year and that should lead to reasonably good returns even as the economy and stock market come back into sync. He's expecting large-cap stocks to deliver 8 to 10 percent in the new year, which he te...

Neil Hennessy, chairman and chief executive officer at Hennessy Advisors and the Hennessy Funds, is optimistic about the stock market for 2021, and says that the Dow will overcome significant volatility to reach 35,000 -- roughly a 15 percent gain from current record levels --but he notes that it will also be a good year for value stocks and mid- and small-cap names and not just for big brand-name...

David Jilek, chief investment strategist for Gateway Investment Advisors, says the market is poised for a reasonably good year ahead, but there are many potential trouble spots and risks. He notes that the market is pricing in greater implied volatility ahead for reasons related to the market, the pandemic, the economy, Federal Reserve policy and more more. He also notes that conservative investor...

Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research, says he expects a "digestion of gains" that could lead to a pullback or a mild correction, but he says that history says there are "two-plus years ahead of us before we have to start tiptoeing through the possibility of another bear market."   Crit Thomas says that it is going to be a better year for consumers than the market, because the...

Noted bond fund manager Mary Ellen Stanek, chief executive officer at the Baird Funds, says that while the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates lower for longer, investors looking to generate yield need to be cautious because the places providing the best returns are a significant step up the risk spectrum. She also noted that while mortgage securities have been viewed by many as improving yie...

Jim O'Shaughnessy of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management and author of 'What Works on Wall Street' discusses how what is working now in the pandemic market is the same as what has always worked, namely patience and diversification. In a wide-ranging interview, O'Shaughnessy makes it clear that investors can get by with simple portfolios and without complex new and alternative investments. Also on the s...

Brian Nick, chief investment strategist at Nuveen, says that the disconnect between the stock market and the economy -- what the market running ahead as the economy sifts through pandemic fallout -- will mend itself late next year or in 2022, and that the result will likely be somewhat muted returns for the stock market. Nick says the market should remain positive with pockets of volatility, but t...

Eddy Vataru, portfolio manager for the Osterweis Total Return fund, says that he does not see income-oriented investors getting much help on the yield front in 2020.With that in mind, he explains that investors may want to look at the mortgage market, which he suggested can be a great substitute for Treasuries, generating more yield with less risk. Also on the show, David Trainer of New Constructs...

Steve Nguyen, portfolio manager at Causeway Capital Management, says that the development of coronavirus vaccines will have short-term and limited impact on health-care and pharmaceutical stocks, but that the change in administrations and the advent of new technologies will have a much more long-lasting and positive effect on the sector. Also on the show, James Clark of Nuveen Asset Management tal...

Wayne Wicker, chief investment officer at ICMA Retirement Corp. and Vantagepoint Investment Advisors, says that 2020 should have taught investors the benefits of focusing on the long-term, where the results matter more than the day-to-day journey, and he stressed that 2021 will be a year in which diversification is helpful -- because the market will find different sources of leadership as it recov...

Rob Arnott, founding chairman of Research Affiliates, says that domestic stocks are priced to deliver a 'terrible performance' for the 2020s, although investors who invest heavily into international and emerging markets will mitigate the domestic stock situation and show strong overall portfolio results. Also on teh show, Ben Johnson, director of global ETF Research at Morningstar talks ETFs in th...

Rob Sharps, head of investments at T. Rowe Price, says that unfulfilled demand that has been building up throughout the pandemic will be unleashed when the coronavirus threat is diminished and it will fuel a major rebound in many of the stocks and sectors that have been beaten down this year. Sharps is optimistic that the market can push higher, though he warns that any recovery will be uneven and...

Ed Slott, the founder of IRAhelp.com, says that while retirement savers do not have to take 'required minimum distributions' this year -- a move made as part of the government's Covid-19 relief package -- he believes many investors who don't need an RMD could benefit from pulling money this year, making the money taxable at a time when earnings may be down as a result of the pandemic. He also disc...